Spanish Demonstrative Pronouns

Learning the demonstrative pronouns will be easy if you already learned the Demonstrative Adjetives. The demonstrative pronouns have the same purpose in any language like in Portuguese Grammar those pronouns are used for replacing a noun.

Definition:Spanish Demonstrative Pronouns take the place of a noun. This kind of pronouns are similar to the demonstrative adjectives, but they always have a marked accent. If you use this pronouns, you have to point to the object that you're talking about. Now see the demonstrative pronouns in the table below:

Demonstrative Pronouns in Spanish

singularmasculine

pluralmasculine

singularfeminine

pluralfeminine

singularneuter

Near

Éstethis

Éstosthese

Éstathis

Éstasthese

estothis

Farther Away

Ésethat

Ésosthose

Ésathat

Ésasthose

esothat

At a great distance

aquélthat

aquellosthose

aquellathat

aquellasthose

aquellothat

NOTE: The neuter pronouns are used to talk about an unkown object or undefined idea. For the plural of neuter pronouns people always use the plural masculine form. Most people use this pronouns when they talk about a situation that is begining.